I wrote a rant a while ago about how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has developed into a very different war with drones of various types forming a huge part…
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Always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty.
Everyone knows that politicians and their supporters lie. Not long after I began this blog in early 2017, I wrote a piece about how politicians lie and I gave some…
In March 2018, David Roberts wrote a piece in Vox bemoaning the state of the op-ed page of the New York Times; the main thrust being that these pages do…
Trump didn’t break this system; he’s its product. His rise was the inevitable consequence of decades of decline — the final expression of a system where ignorance and arrogance outweigh truth and competence. The US for decades, cast itself as the indispensable nation. Now it’s a destabiliser, exporting chaos and importing despair. Allies hedge their bets elsewhere. Rivals grow stronger. Trust in Washington has evaporated. As Trump doubles down on vengeance, nationalism, and war profiteering, America accelerates toward irrelevance. History will not remember it as the “shining city on a hill” but as an empire that mistook terror for leadership, propaganda for truth, and Trump for salvation — and in doing so, hastened its own collapse.
Unfortunately for the US, the Mango Paedo was allowed to give a speech at the UN1. Most of it was self-aggrandisement, lies and stoking the fear of foreigners he relies…
It has been said to me by more people than I can remember, that ‘laughter is the best medicine’. In the past, I have often wondered if indeed it is…